All Portfolio Management articles – Page 4
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White papersMultinational companies can thrive in tough times
As a portfolio manager, I invest in many large, multinational companies. The most common question I get these days is whether I am worried about the impact of de-globalisation. The risks are clear: rising US-China tensions, the war in Ukraine, increasing trade barriers, broken supply chains, a painful bear market and a slowing global economy.
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White papersSustainable dividends: The pursuit of quality and prudence
With the fight against inflation still under way amid the banking turmoil, dividend-income investment opportunities could grow in importance and play a significant role in total return. In this interview, Aline Avzaradel, portfolio manager of the Capital Group Capital Income Builder strategy, explains her focus towards dividend sustainability, as well as the need to avoid dividend cutters, which can undermine a portfolio’s long-term return potential.
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PodcastThe Deal or No Deal of Event-Driven Investing
Event-driven investing, a set of strategies that include merger arbitrage, special situations and distressed debt, has created opportunities for investors for decades.
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White papersFinding the value in high-carbon sectors
The transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions will require radical changes to the global economy. Investors must position their portfolios to support this transition and to benefit from it.
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White papersSimply Put(Writing)
PutWrite strategies can improve the risk-return efficiency, liquidity, flexibility and cost-effectiveness of investor portfolios.
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White papersWeathering the storm of uncertainty – how resilient is High Yield?
Holding sufficient cash, maintaining a portfolio with diverse liquidity sources, adept and nimble trading are the best ways to combat this risk.
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White papersCrisis Management: Investment Analytics Update
The Investment Analytics team provides ongoing analytics and investment risk oversight for client portfolios. This note discusses the team’s rapid response to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
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White papersPM Spotlight: A World of Experience in Managing Portfolios
Read this issue of PM Spotlight with Alison Shimada, head of the Total Emerging Markets team. Her diverse international background adds deep perspective to managing emerging market equity portfolios.
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White papersPM Perspectives: Dynamic Growth Equity
In this edition of PM Perspectives, Tom Ognar, CFA, managing director and senior portfolio manager of the Dynamic Growth Equity team, discusses his pure growth approach to investing in today’s challenging markets.
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White papersExploiting the low volatility anomaly in practice
It is relatively easy to demonstrate the low volatility anomaly – the phenomenon that first came to light half a century ago showing that investing in higher risk equities is not necessarily rewarded with higher returns. Raul Leote de Carvalho explains.
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White papersAdding thematic equities to diversified portfolios
Once considered niche, thematic equities have in recent years evolved into mainstream investments. Their ability to transform broad, long-term macro-economic, technological and environmental trends into investments has struck a chord with a growing circle of investors. Even so, questions remain over how to incorporate such stocks within portfolios that use traditional asset allocation frameworks. We propose three broad approaches where investors can incorporate thematic equities in their diversified portfolios.
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PodcastNatural Catastrophes in Today’s Climate
Natural disasters have certainly taken their toll on the environment. After Hurricane Ian decimated a large part of the American Eastern Seaboard, totalling roughly $50 billion in insured industry losses, one could ask: how is all of that getting paid for?
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White papersNASDAQ-100 Index Call Writing Overlays
Monetizing Low-Cost Basis Stock Positions while Preserving Long-Term Stock Alpha
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White papersA primer on range-based volatility estimators
Welcome to the first edition of MARS, our Multi-Asset Research Series that brings quantitative investment research back to Earth. The series focuses on complex research topics in the realm of multi asset and begins by exploring volatility measures that use high-frequency data.
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WebinarWatch the Replay - Why 2022 was our best year ever and how to build an all weather direct portfolio for the future
Please see the replay for our latest webinar, – “Why 2022 was our best exit year ever – and how to build an all-weather direct portfolio for the future”. Paul Newsome, Head of Investment Solutions, was joined by Francesco Aldorisio, Partner, Philipp Scheier, Partner, Pieter-Jan Frederix, Partner, and Michael Toedtli, Principal, to discuss the secret ingredients that make a portfolio attractive to investors in all economic climates.
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White papersActivating Equity Portfolios for Higher Rates and Inflation
Passive equity investing has retained its dominance and outflows from active portfolios have continued amid the market and macro shocks of the past year. But in a world of structurally higher inflation and interest rates, there are good reasons for equity investors to consider active portfolios for equity allocations.
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PodcastReal Estate Debt: Headwinds and Tailwinds
Head of Real Estate Debt Portfolio Management, Nasir Alamgir, provides an overview of the factors—both positive and negative—shaping the outlook for commercial real estate debt.
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White papersManaging Unintended Risks—Avoiding Leaky Bucket Syndrome Exposure
Read the Special Global Equity team’s piece on how they prevent unintended risks from creating leaks in their excess return bucket.
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White papersFinding the value in tail hedges
In financial markets, events that occur far outside of expectations are often characterised as tail events. They typically increase the level of volatility in the market, and they can happen both on the upside and the downside.
